伊雷内·科基·穆通吉

Quotes

• “We have to prove ourselves, women, we can do it maybe even better.”
• “I get to experience the extremely busy airspaces and adverse weather, which is a challenge I like to take on. The airspace in Africa is not as busy and we don’t have extreme weather like hurricanes, snowstorms, etc”
• “There was also uncertainty of how my male counterparts would accept me with all the stigma surrounding the male-dominated career, as I would have been a first.”
• “Coincidentally, the passenger who declined to fly with me was on my first Fokker 50 flight from a city in Kenya, Kisumu. He said he was not a guinea pig to be flown by a woman.”
• “As a mother of boys, I’m all for empowering women, but let’s not forget the next generation of boys.”
• “I would definitely encourage more young women to consider careers in the aviation industry.”

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